When she was 17, Tracey Helton Mitchell was prescribed an opioid pain killer after getting her wisdom teeth extracted. The medicine helped her deal with the pain related to the extraction, but when ...

The ironically named “harm reduction” movement has done almost as much to hook addicts as the criminal drug cartels that sell them their fix. The movement’s advocates want to decriminalize dangerous ...

Substance abuse and addiction affects millions around the world, and these three songs are hopeful (and heartbreaking) odes ...

Imagine a simple program local governments could undertake to reduce the rate of HIV and hepatitis transmission in their jurisdictions. The program would be inexpensive and have little negative side ...

At the height of her addiction to heroin, Tracey Helton Mitchell lived in an alley and sold her body. Now she works as an addiction specialist... An Addict, Now Clean, Discusses Needle Exchanges And ...